Grandfather of the Year

In the wake of Michael Jackson’s death, his father, Joe Jackson, has been in the spotlight, and he hasn’t always handled it well. He used some of the memorial events to plug upcoming projects and told “Good Morning America” that he can see that eleven-year-old Paris Jackson wants to be an entertainer. Coming from a man who has been accused of driving his children like a taskmaster and worse, this seems to be at least in poor taste, and possibly pathological. Now there is a report that Joe wants to take his three grandchildren on the road, billed as the Jackson Three. According to this report on MSNBC, the rest of the family is livid over the plans. Joe Jackson did not comment. I hope this story has no basis in fact. If it does, is there anyone out there, anywhere in the world, who thinks that this idea has any merit at all?

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